Hand over hand I crawl back to land   There is no retreat, that option's far and away   I have to be brave but I always did crave the golden sunlight   It's been about me but I'm setting that free for golden sunlight      There's a door open to walk through   All I want is just beyond   What if I could let my guard down?   Into freedom on and on      Somehow it came out when I can't talk about   Someone to help me as free as I wanna be   I cannot erase but you helped me face the songs and the flowers   A last perception of my self-deception and then the songs and the flowers      There's a door open to walk through   All I want is just beyond   What if I could let my guard down?   Into freedom on and on      What if I could just let my guard down?   What if I could live wide open? Yeah   What if I could just let my guard down   And go beyond into the great unknown?      Sweetheart, I've been bothered   A golden sun lit path I've been after   Grass hills, wild flowers, sharp road trails      For a daughter I want to be her father   I want to hear her laughter under meteor showers   The dogs will howl at the midnight hour      There's a door open to walk through   All I want is just beyond   What if I could let my guard down?   Into freedom on and on      What if I could just let my guard down?   What if I could live wide open? Yeah   What if I could just let my guard down   And go beyond into the great unknown?